it's fascinating how technology is changing investigations like this. the director of national intelligence james clapper said this. he said i are trying to put this in plaque and white terms. you are trying to look at it in simplistic ways. about it was 9/11. it's not that simple. the video was being played and being protested against in other arab countries around the world. there were demonstrations in cairo. just take his argument for a moment. >> i would respectfully disagree with the director of national intelligence. sometimes things are very clear and sometimes they are black and white. this was a black and white issue of an islamic terror attack. is there not a big mystery about what went down and the fact is that clearp and others in the administration knew this. when we talk about the fiction of the video and the lies spun to the american people we attempted to focus on ambassador rice because she what is the first high-level person who went out on the five shows. but remember, bill, the president of the:united states, the commander in chief